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  • shootlow
    welding inspector RT/MT/PT/
    API & A.S.M.E [}:)]
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  • jwb267
    just a rod burner for my self[:(]
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  • catpealer111
    the 5 years between High School and enlistment, I welded during college and after. MIG, TIG, and Arc. Mild and stainless steel. I tried aluminum never got the hang of it.
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  • cowdoc
    mig,gas ie...ox/ac with mild steel and brazing all positions and arc.....done some tig on alum...when going to school for diesel mech...our welding instructor we had asked me if i was a certified welder told him no he said you damn sure could be.
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  • frog21
    I can mig and stick weld,but work as a mechanic.
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  • texaswildman
    Not a welder by trade, but had to learn and have done considerable from 35 years of the farm and ranch work. Never forget the first thing i actually tried to stick together when i was about 14. Dad looked at it and told me it looked like the nests the dirt dobbers built in the corners of the barn....
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  • Odawgp
    Field
    8 yrs certified arc 6g 7018 also
    certified thin gauge flat 6011,6022

    5 yrs certified Mig 6g with various inter-shield wires. have ran wire-feeds pushing NR203MP 5/64dia, Nr211mp .068, Nr305mp .068

    shop
    2 yrs shop experience w/ Mig
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  • hawkeye6020
    I'm not a welder but I can make metal stick together.
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  • Bshooter
    I work in a maintenance shop and we have certified welders do pipe and structural steel. If I have to weld, I will but it usually looks like a porcupine when I am done. I did make my own version of a Texas Star for target practice. That turned out OK. Those of you who shoot USPSA will know what a Texas Star is. Bshooter
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  • iceracerx
    I gas weld 0.020, 0.030 and 0.063" 3003 H14 Aluminum into bike gas tanks. I don't care for MIG, and TIG puts too much heat into the part. It's wild to watch a tank quiver like Jello as it tries to figure out if it wants to be a solid or a liquid.
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  • hotshoot
    Shop/bench
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  • Zebra
    I weld in between trades and have a 6G SMAW (stick) ASME SEC IX 98 Xray gas pipe cert. along with GTAW (tig) 6/GR FCAW ST Pipe (Fluxcore)
    GMAW (Mig)
    Surgical with a Oxy/Acy torch and CAG (carbon arc gouging)
    API 104 certs along with robotic welding programming/setup
    Mastered about all of it except GTAW aluminum pipe, too damn fast!
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  • Permanently deleted user
    I suppose I have done a lil' welding. mig/arc/tig/oxy. A.S.M.E. and pipe fitting too. many moons ....
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  • victorlvlb
    I've stick welded for the past forty years of and on.
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  • cowboykell
    Welded night shift at Bobcat (skid steer loaders)...must have been good at it, they promoted me to welding inspector. Quit to starve cows fulltime.
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  • Tailgunner1954
    Not certified, but I've been gas welding and brazing for 30 years.
    Also do some Fusion and filler welding on stainless (TIG)
    I can stick metal together with a stick welder, but I don't claim to be good at it, one look at me last welds (vertical, mild steel to SS) would tell you that [:D]

    For tough / critical welding I call in a pro IE: welding broken NiChrome heating elements, Stainless to Die steel, Stainless to Inconel etc.
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  • Permanently deleted user
    I am self taught with stick and wire feed.

    My welds do not look pretty but they will hold any type of thing I would weld!

    But also I would never try to weld anything that needed to be a major support or anything like that as I do not trust my welds that much.

    I have also done gas welding on mufflers and such but that has been many years ago.
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  • mijelo
    Tig food grade -- Mig construction
    certified at local power plants
    erection companys.
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  • Blade Slinger
    In or around the business for 40 yrs,stick, mig,tig,sub-arc, ASME, x-ray, alum-tig and mig.
    Sort of out of touch,havent struck an arc for yrs,worked in management for 20 yrs. Welding and alike business has been good for me and my family.
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  • HappyNanoq
    MIG/MAG(here GMIV/GMAV with solid thread or FCAW-electrode),

    TIG(here GTAV),

    rod (here MMA, standard electrode and high gain) and

    automatic SAW-welding (putting out some powder onto the material that needs welding and the powder becomes the slagg, the bare electrode is put through the powder).

    Acetylene/Oxygene-welding and last..

    Friction-welding.



    Materials I have worked with, are : Iron, standard steel, various types of stainless steel, aluminum and the alloy that ships propellers are made of (that's some nasty stuff that'll give you the scitters in an hour if you inhale the gasses, it'll last a couple of days)
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  • HandgunHTR52
    I was a certified emergency Nuclear welder when I was on the boat. After the Navy I haven't welded very much.

    Inconel, 304 Stainless, Carbon Steel and Brazing was what I was taught.
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  • mango tango
    I'm not a welder by trade, use to own a bodyshop and did a lot of mig welding there, now I weld for myself and friends. I have an older Miller 200, great machine!
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  • Sperry
    I'm usually to be found sporting a TIG tan, but don't make a living by it.
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  • longhunter
    used to b welder,does that count?
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  • hk-91
    been a welder for 10 years worked as a welder for the last 5
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  • sig232
    I have some of the burn scars to prove that I was trained in ARC and Gas welding back many years ago. Never experienced the joy of MIG or TIG but sell them where I work part time.

    Not certified and have not welded for many years, but I sure respect the trade and have seen some welding that I can see was completed by someone who was very gifted, a true craftsman.[:)] Its an art to some and a job for others.
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  • mustang
    once apon a time I had an I-car certificate for mig. nothing like welding on cars for a living. I have also been known to catch my shirt on fire. I hate it when that happens!
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  • FrancF
    C[8D][8D]L I Haven't hit the 30 year mark yet but getting close. I still think this one of the many trades that you can never stop learning.

    We are tossing and idea around for a shop challenge for fun. Winner gets paid lunch for a week!
    The challenge-
    Welding (2) full (unopened) aluminum soda cans Butt to Butt with no explosions.[:D] Method of Tig welding you choice.




    Edit spelling- dumb welder-[;)]
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  • shootlow
    tig that sucker with JB weld [}:)]
    one of the slickest welds i watch was 2 double edge razor blades welded together that was a thing to see
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  • idsman75
    FrancF--Sounds like a challenge!

    I've always wanted to learn. I'm going to finish up my Bachelor's degree within the next year and hope to kick start my MBA in 2009. I'll have a ton of GI Bill money to burn when I retire in 2017. I thought about picking up some training in the trades and welding came to mind. It always seems like there's SOME work for people who are good with that skill. What's the best way to get into it? I figured Vo-Tech would be the way to go. Is there anything to look for when searching for a good vo-tech welding program?
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